Le Havre Church of St Joseph

Note;  I modified this post and now it's out of place. This is Perrette, the architect who builds out of concrete. 

A soaring church. 

He dedicated the church to everyone who died in WWII. 

This is the altar. 

Honfleur

So Honfleur was the harbor for northern France until it silted up in about 

1700. After that the port moved to Le Havre. The Germans had no reason to bomb Honfleur because it was of no strategic importance. So this little cute town is still here. The Americans bombed Le Havre 149 times and destroyed it.  When it was rebuilt they built it out of concrete. 

We had lunch here  it is very charming. 

Look how cute this merry go round is. 

A Day in Rouen

This is their very old famous cathedral which was bombed by the Germans in 1944. 

This is the town clock. 

This is Joan of Arc. She has a new modern beautiful church because her church was destroyed in WWII. 

Her new church is filled with stained glass windows that were salvaged from destroyed churches from all over France. 

This is the tomb of Richard the Lionhearted which is in the big cathedral. 

The Vikings invaded in the 800s. 

Place des Vosges

Our days are ending here. It was important that we walk down the street to this park. 

This is where Victor Hugo lived and this months is some major anniversary hence the roses. 

Down day

So Eds sister left this morning and we slept til

Noon went out had lunch and came back and rested again. However we did go out to dinner. Here are the pix. Also I want to mention that a screwy thing is happening between the iPhone and iPad. Pix get cut off on the iPad but if you double click sometimes it works. I welcome feedback. 

This restaurant is called Bofinger. Quite elegant but nice. 

This is the Place de Bastille where the 1789 Revolution started. Just down the street from our apt. It was a prison but they tore it down. 

The Pantheon and Musee D'Orsay

These 4 people were heroes of the Resistence. They just got in. This is where all the French heroes are buried including Voltaire and Rousseau. 

This is the Musee D'Orsay. 

Montmartre.

So here's what we did today. We journeyed up to Sacre Coeur and walked around and had lunch. 

We came home and did our laundry. 

Then we went to dinner at this place that was in the NYTimes. It lived up to its reputation. It was great and we will return. Ed had this incredible ravioli with Parmesan sauce. And also marrow bones. 

Marrow bones for Linda.